If you absolutely must get rid of bones and cartalige of the turkey, boil it down into bone broth and strain the remaining bits off to break down in the trash, or (if the bones are soft enough.) mash it down into a bone "brick" to crumble and throw outside safely where it won't hurt any animals that finds it.
@PaganMother Oh what a shame not to make soup or stock with it. I freeze the strained stock in quart portions. Every later soup / stew is amazing. Why buy a box of broth when you have the raw materials (if you have time of course; and I also add saved onion ends and carrot ends and peels and every tasty thing to simmer with them)
@Annothername Exactly, I tend to freeze what leftovers I can in good sealed containers to last me year round. Bone broth usually lasts about three to four months in this household, especially the turkey bone broth.
@Annothername Yea, my favorite thing to do with left overs, especially from the fruit and vegetable dishes, is turning them into pies. You wouldn't believe how delicious a green bean casserole can be until you've had it as a pot pie. And you can always add scrap meat from the ham, or turkey, or even just chicken to give it some more nutrients.
@PaganMother oooh. I REALLY need to get better at pie dough and whatnot. And pastie dough! I had an amazing veggie (carrot broccoli onion) cream cheese and chicken pasty that I cannot forget but DO NOT have the touch baking.
@Annothername There's a couple channels I wanna recommend. Tasting History with Max Miller, and the Townsends. Babish Culinary Universe is also a really good one to tune into for baking and cooking recipes from around the world. Townsends are more reconstructionist focused on earlier american and other nationality dishes from the early 18th to 17th century and Tasting History is amazing for deep historical dives into the culinary evolution of various different dishes around the world.
@PaganMother thank you I'll definitely check them out and appreciate the recommendations!!
@PaganMother all the roasted goodness! I have really focused on not wasting any food if I can avoid it. However I can use scraps I will, even freezing cherry tomatoes for sauces (icy marbles) etc. But it took a lot of years to figure out what works in our house.